Bearing



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BEARING Filed Feb. 12, 1930 BY Z I flaw)? ATTORNEY fiazzkdJarvzls.

INVENTOR Patented Aug. 22, 1933 it UNITED STATES PATENTYOFF ICE-h BEARING I Frank J. Jarvis, Palmer, Mass, assignor to Jarvis & Jarvis, Inc., Palmer, Mass.,-a .Corporation of Massachusetts Application February 12, 1930. SerialNo. 427,825

2 Claims. (Cl. 308-196) Thisinvention relates to improvementsinbear- .Fig. III is a front elevation of the invention ings and has particular reference to compressible shown in Fig. I and Fig. II. p

means for holding and securing a bearing and to In the past it has been the practice'to split the the process of producing the same. I bearing or race members of ball, roller and sim- The principal object of the invention is to proilar bearings so that the central or internal por- 6o v'lde improved ductile or compressible means for tion ofthe hearing was not solid or unitary, makholding the bearing together and for securingthe ing necessary expensive and cumbersome attachbearing in working position. 1 ing means for the bearing shaft or pin. Also ex- Another object of the invention is to provide an pensive and difficult means'had to be provided to improved process of securing the bearing together secure thebearing in place on the work.

and in place on the work. It is, therefore, one of the prime advantages of Another object of the inventionis to provide an my invention that a solid or unitary central porimproved ferrule for holding the parts of the beartion is provided by which the bearing shaft or pin ing in place and for securing it to the work. may be simply and inexpensively secured in place Another object of the invention is to provide an either by a threaded nut or by rivetingwithout 7 improved soft shell casing for holding the bearing interfering with the rotative action of the bearing together and for securing it to the work. and that the parts may be securely held in posi- Another object of the invention is to provide tion and attached to the work by a simple, ineximproved means so that the bearing shaft or pensive, soft shell or ferrule spun over the bear- !0 fixture can be applied or installed after the bear-, ing parts and spun to the work, thereby decreasin: assembly has bee made, thereby great y i ing the cost and greatly improving the action and creasing its application and adaptability. range of the device.

Another object of the invention is to provide Referring to the'drawing in which similarrefimproved means whereby both a radial and a erence characters refer to corresponding parts to thrust bearing can be produced at closer limits. throughout, the bearing proper comprises the Another Object of the vention is to provide centralor inner bearing member or race 1 which improved means w y e bearing can be more is cylindrical or annular in form and has the con a y P d and more o ca y central opening 2 for the bearing shaft or pin 3, attached to the work. and also the circumferential ball race or groove 4 it) Another object of the invention is to provide around its outer periphery; a split outer bearing improved means whereby the bearing y b or race member comprising the rings 5 and 6 assembled and se ured to t e w W ou as separated on the central line of the ball groove or hard the c mp u t W at dvan e race, a portion of which extends into each ring; in Production, assembling a attac and the bearing balls or bearing members 7 lying Anot r Object of t invention is to p de in the ball races or grooves in the inner and outer p v means whereby th ea S a y bearings. Spun or otherwise shaped over the be secured i h y bolt or riv w t ec outer bearing rings is theferrule or sheila which 8 the rotation of the bearingholds the bearing parts in place. This ferrule or Oth r o j t nd advantages f h inv nti n shell is of relatively ductile or compressible mal0 will be pp from the following d rip i n terial which may be spun or compressed into tak n in Connection with the litheemllelllyil'lgv place. The shell 8' has the extending lip or flange aw It w be pp n h m ny han s 9 on its under side. The bearing is shown attached n t e arrangement of P the ta s of Contothe fork or roller bracket of a caster. The

S lle and t t p of the Process y be de top section 10 of the bracket has the hole or openwithout departing from the spirit of the invention ing 11 therein, The lip or flange 9 of the shell as expressed in the accompanying a extends through the opening 11 and is spun,

'e 60 not wish to be limited to the exact flanged or compressed over the inner side of the details shown and described as the preferred bracket plate, as indicated in Fig. II. The comforms and Steps of p c ss y a b n pression is such as to secure the bearing securely Shown y y Of illustration to the bracket plate or work. This securing is Referring to the a g a simple inexpensive spinning or compressing Fig. I is a top or plan view of the invention operation. The bearing shaft or pin 3 may then applied to a taster fork or r k t: 1 I be inserted in place in the opening 2 of the inner 5 11:1"15E II is a cross section of Fig. I takenon line bearing and secured by the. nut 12 or if desired i an it may be riveted in place or otherwise secured. I

ing washer placed over the bearing and surrounding the bearing shaft or pin. It is clear that the bearing shaft is tightly secured to the inner bearing member 1 and rotates therewith.

With the solid inner bearing member it is clear that the is operative both as a thrust bearirg mas a. radio! or lateral hearing.

In operation the ferrule or shell holds the bearing relatively fixed with respect to the bracket or work whilst the bearing shaft or pin rotates with the inner bearing member. The bearing members are secured together in relative position by the shell or ferrulespun or compressed thereover and the bearing is secured to fliewmk by the flange '9, on the shell or ferrule extending through the opening 11 in the work and spun or compressed over the edges thereof."

With this construction of a solid innarbearing,

a split outer bearing and a shell spun or compressed over the outside of the bearing and spun or compressed to the work, any stem or bearing shaft can be applied after the complete assembly has been performed, thereby giving it an extremely wide range of application. Such a bearing is both a radial and a thrust bearing which can be made to closer limits than prior practice. The bearing may be made by bearing manufacturers and then assembled readily to the work without case hardening the whole unit, a matter of great and important advantage and the bearing shaft or pin may be secured in many ways owing to the solid central or inner bearing;

I From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive device for carrying out all the objects of the invention and a simple, inexpensive process of producing the same and applying it to the work.

1,923,211 The character 13 indicates a protective or finishe I Having described my invention, I claim: "1. A hearing comprising an annular innerrace member with an axial opening therethrough and with a ball race around its periphery, outer annular ball race means having a ball race around its inner surface comating with the race in the inner member, bearing balls in the aligned races and a ductile binder plate pressed over the two ends and the outer periphery of the outer race means, the portion at one end-being extended in a direction substantially parallel with the axis'of the axial opening in the bearing, said extension means.

2. A bearing comprising an annular inner member with an axial opening therethrough and with a ball race around its periphery, outer annular ball race means having a ball race around its inner surface comating with the race in the inner member, bearing balls in the aligned races and a ductile binder plate pressed over the two ends and the periphery of the outer race means, the portion at one end being extended in a direction substantially'parallel with the axis of the axial opening in the bearing, thence bent outwardly towards the periphery of the outer race means in a direction parallel with the portion thereof engaging the adjacent end of the outer race means and spaced therefrom.

FRANK J. JARVIS. 

